10-23-1989 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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October 20, 1989 Dear Orono Council Members: There are several aspects of County Road 116 which I believe the Orono Council needs to examine before preliminary approval is given to Hennepin County. Because the road will impact on many Orono residents, it's impurtant that you and the residents fully understand what you are being asked to approve. THE MAP Please insist that the County have a map that the Council and the audience can 5eg and interpret. SPEED LIMIT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WILL BE 45 M.P.H. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BE INCREASED? In a meeting with County personnel, Medina residrnt� were told that the design speed would be 45 m.p.h. U,-• that the posted speed limit would later be increased vi:: a formula based on the speed that 85% of the traffic is actually traveling. This means thP.t the more the traffic is speeding, the higher the revised speed limit will be set. In fairness to the affected Orono property owners and because of the short distance, the Council should insist that the County agree in advance that the posted speed limit will ntver be any higher than 40 m.p.h. between Highway 12 and County Road 6. TRAFFIC COUNT THE COUNTY INDICATED AT THE SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING THAT THE TRAFFIC COUNT ON WILLOW DRIVE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 12 AND COUNTY ROAD 6 WAS 1400/DAY IN 19R7, AND THAT IT WILL INCREASE TO 3,000/DAY IN 2010. WHAT BILL THE TRAFFIC COUNT BE IN 1992, TWO YEARS AFTER THE ROAD IS COMPLETED? The County makes references to traffic counts far in the future in order to allay the immediate fears of the residents. The traffic count will in fact jump immediately upon completion in 1991. The rr... ncil and the residents need to know what those projection '.gures are for 1992. DO THE TRAFFIC COUNT PROJECTIONS FOR 1992 AND 2010 ASSUME THERE WILL BE A STOP LIGHT 1N PLACE AT HIGHWAY 12? This is very important. If the projection figures not include the assumption of affic light --but if there i in fact a stop light in place ien the traffic volume will be much higher than their projections. That needs to be clarified.